Doc I din't have any particular number of rounds in mind and "several thousand " isn't set in concrete. Just my way of trying to quantify the experience factor side of things.
Although I do know competition and match shooters whose round count does go that high. These boys go through 2-3 barrels a year.... that's a lot of shooting.
At the peak of my shooting activity I used to go through about 4000-6000 rounds a year of CF,through BG rifles since I have never been a competitor.This amounts to only about 400-500 rounds a month. A prairie dog shooter will go through a thousand rounds in a few days...
My only real point is it takes a lot of concentrated practice in real world conditions to make first shot hits on BG animals at extended range, and many of us (me included) are not up to it. Maybe I am too conservative...
